Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
flint corn
(convar.
indurata
)
hard, glassy, non-mealy
eating, livestock feed, silage; robust, can be grown in
northerly regions
dent corn
(convar.
indentata)
resemble molars, indenta-
tion at the tip, tissue other-
wise keratinous
eating, livestock feed; cornmeal
popcorn
(convar.
microsperma
)
small, glassy, yellow, soft
inside, pops when heated
eating, ornamental
sweet corn
(convar.
saccharata
)
shrink when ripe because
sugar is not transformed
into starch
vegetable corn, rich in fat and protein; canned corn;
ideal for cooler regions due to harvest at milk-ripe stage;
stalks have a high sugar content (similar to sugar cane)
wax corn
(convar.
ceratina
)
hard and smooth outside
(waxy coating of amylo-
pectin), waxy inside
eating; for making pudding, powder, and glue
flour corn
(convar.
amylacea
)
rich in starch
eating; cornmeal, beer (
chicha
) production; grown in
Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, seldom in Europe
Flint corn
Dent corn
Sweet corn
